Appliance for men&#39;s trousers.



No. 695,l72. Patented Mar. ll, I902.

E. D. RODGERS. APPLIANCE FUR MENS TROUSERS.

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PATENT OFFICE.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

APPLIANCE FOR MENS TROUSERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 695,172, dated March 1 1, 1902. Application filed January 21, 1901. serial No. 43,979. No model.)

To all. whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, Evnnu'r'r D. Rononns, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Appliances for Mens Trousers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a novel appliance for mens trousers, and is designed for use by bow-legged men to conceal such deformity and to overcome the effect on trousers produced thereby.

The object of the invention is to provide an appliance of this character which may be attached to trousers and which acts in the case of moderate deformity of this kind to conceal the defect and which will in any event pre vent bagging of the trousers along the inner seam thereof.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates the lower limbs of a bow-legged person, illustrating my invention applied to trousers worn by such person. Fig. 2 illustrates the appliance removed from the trousers. Fig. 3 illustrates a form of fastening device constructed to be attached one to each shoe of the wearer and to which the lower ends of the appliance are adapted to be detachably connected. Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate from two points of view the fastening devices on the shoe and appliance, showing said parts connected.

An appliance made in accordance with my invention consists, essentially, of a tape or band which is placed inside each legof the trousers and is made of such length as to extend from the upper end of the leg at or near the crotch, to where it is attached to the trousers, to near the bottom of the leg, the lower ends of the tapes being fastened to the shoetops of the wearer inside of the lower ends of the legs of the trousers, and said tapes being made of such length that when the upper and lower ends thereof are so fastened the tapes are stretched taut and assume straight lines from the points of their attachment to the shoes on each side to the crotch, and thereby causing the part of the trousers-legs with which they are in contact to approximate like straight lines and to be maintained in such position. In practice when the appliance is made to give set to the trousers-legs along the inner seam thereof the two parts of the appliance will desirably be joined to form, in effect, a continuous tape or band extending from near the lower end of the leg, of the trousers over the crotch and to near the lower end of the other leg.

In Fig. 1 the appliance of'the character last above mentioned is shown in dotted lines in place in the trousers, causing the inner seam of the trousers to approximate a straight line, and the contour of the limb is indicated in dotted lines to illustrate the extent of correction of the deformity. In Fig. 2 the appliance is shown as removed from the trousers. As shown in said Fig. 2,Adesignates the appliance as a whole. In practice instead of making the appliance of a single piece of material it is desirablyconstructed of three partsnamely, an intermediate section A and two end sectionsB l3. Said intermediate section A in the preferred form of the appliance is made of an inelastic webbing,while the end portions 13 l are made of suitable elastic material, whereby the appliance as a whole may be retained suitably taut on both sides of the trousers and at the same time freedom of move ment insured. The intermediate or inelastic section A is made of such length that the ends thereof extend slightly below the knees of the wearer, where they are joined to the elastic sections by stitches or like fastening means. Said elastic sections 13 B are provided with adjusting-buckles b 1) of any preferred form, whereby the appliance may be fitted to trousers of different lengths and the required degree of tautness secured. The positions of the buckles enable the appliance to be readily adjusted by raising the lower ends of the trouserslegs. The elastic sections are provided on their lower ends with metallic fastening devices I) I), which are adapted to detachably engage other fastening devices G, attached to the upper parts of the shoes of the wearer, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The fastening devices for the shoes herein shown consist each of a metallic disk, which ICO is provided at its margin with apertures by which it may be attached to the shoe by stitches or otherwise and having its central part pressed outwardly beyond the plane of its margin to form between said outwardlypressed part and the shoe a space to receive a part of the associated fastening device Z)". The central part of the disk is provided with a vertically-elongated aperture 0, and the as sociated fastening device I)" is provided with an inwardly-turned part which passes through said aperture, the extreme end of said part having a knob b which occupies the space between the disk and shoe. Said knob is horizontally elongated to prevent detachment from the disk when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 5. Desirably the central part of the intermediate section A is attached to the trousers at the crotch thereof by sewing or other suitable fastening means, as indicated in Fig. 1, whereby movement of the person will not tend to cause said band to move from one side to the other of the trousers.

It will be understood, of course, that the entire appliance may be made of an elastic material; but this is found to be unnecessary, and owing to the relative cost of the elastic and the inelastic material the greater portion of said appliance will be made, as herein illustrated, of an inelastic material.

It will be noted that the trousers-legs are unattached at their lower ends to the appliance, so that said appliance will not have the effect to draw or twist the trousers-legs out of shape. It will be furthermore noted that the appliance when in place in the trousers is entirely invisible and that it has no effect to prevent free and unhampered movement of the limbs of the wearer.

I claim as my invention- An appliance designed for holding straight the inner sides of the trousers-legs of bowlegged men comprising a continuous inelastic, intermediate tape, of substantially uniform width throughout its length and two likeshaped elastic end tapes attached at their upper ends to said intermediate tape and provided at their lower ends with projecting lugs or hooks adapted to engage socketed plates on the shoes of the wearer, and means for varying the length of said appliance, said intermediate tape being adapted to be detachably secured to the crotch of the trousers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I atlix lnysignature, in presence of two witnesses, this 10th day oi January, A. D. 1901.

EVERET" D. RODGERS.

W itnesscs:

WILLIAM L. HALL, TAYLon E. BROWN. 

